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5 Tips for Building an Effective Team and Future Company
There’s a fundamental and often monumental difference between a “team” and a “work group.” Yet what most advisors refer to as a team, is more often than not, the latter...
How to Better Leverage Millennial Financial Advisors
You’re most likely familiar with the oft-discussed Japanese business concept of Kaizen. Derived from the words“kai” which means change and “zen” which means good, the...
10 Guidelines for More Productive Employee Development Conversations
If you’re like most advisors, you probably meet with individual team members on an annual or quarterly basis to provide performance feedback. These evaluations are...
Why Should You Worry About Generational Wealth?
I’m not sure how or when it happened, but my penchant for bands like the Red Hot Chili Peppers and FooFighters is now met with a somewhat dismissive head shake and a...
What You Know Will Open More Doors Than Who You Know
Hopefully this doesn’t come as a tremendous shock, but your clients aren’t just sitting around thinking of friends and associates they could introduce you to. Generating...
Interdependence – The Secret Sauce of Successful Teams
Successful wealth management is a team concept and not an independent function. In order for the client’s work to get done, you need a team that willingly engages in the...
How Strong Is Your Team?
A true team is a group of people who are fully committed to mutually defined and extraordinary success of the group as a unit, and hold themselves mutually accountable...
7 Simple Ways to be An Exceptional Financial Advisor
“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.” - George Orwell Financial Advisors get a bad rap, and much of it is unjust. While we...
How Do You Rate as a Leader?
Years of accumulated research has taught us a simple, irrefutable fact. The most effective team leaders guide and manage from within the team structure rather than...
7 Tips To Make Your Client Meetings More Memorable
Depending on the size and scope of your practice, you likely only have one or two face-to-face meetings with each client annually. That fact makes those interactions...What We Know About “The Best” Financial Advisors
Great success doesn’t just appear out of thin air. It’s difficult to achieve and takes patience, time, and focus. While many advisers in varying situations can...
Key CEO Behavior #26: Meaningful Individual Goals
Financial advisors work in financial services, but this doesn’t mean they are motivated entirely by finances… or at least it shouldn’t. Your work should have meaning to...
6 Techniques To Maximize Your Relationships with Key Influencers
One of the most rewarding aspects of coaching financial advisors is realizing how the measures we use to create progress in the coaching relationship can also be used by...
The Digital Advocate: Your Online Centers of Influence
LinkedIn has become more and more popular amongst financial advisors over the last few years. Even the big wirehouse firms have advisors creating a LinkedIn presence...